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The Relationship Between the Extent of Indentation and Impact Damage in Carbon-Fibre Reinforced-Plastic Composites after a Low-Velocity Impact (2024)
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Brooks, R. A., Liu, J., Hall, Z. E., Joesbury, A. M., Harper, L. T., Liu, H., Kinloch, A. J., & Dear, J. P. (2024). The Relationship Between the Extent of Indentation and Impact Damage in Carbon-Fibre Reinforced-Plastic Composites after a Low-Velocity Impact. Applied Composite Materials, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10443-024-10223-2

The present paper investigates the low-velocity impact behaviour of carbon-fibre reinforced-plastic (CFRP) composite panels and the damage incurred when they are subjected to a single impact. The relationship between the depth of permanent surface in... Read More about The Relationship Between the Extent of Indentation and Impact Damage in Carbon-Fibre Reinforced-Plastic Composites after a Low-Velocity Impact.

Inter-room pollutant transmission routes in naturally ventilated street canyon buildings (2023)
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Mohammadi, M., Calautit, J. K., Owen, J. S., Gromke, C., Wu, Y., & Liu, H. (2023). Inter-room pollutant transmission routes in naturally ventilated street canyon buildings. Journal of Building Engineering, 79, Article 107510. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2023.107510

Airborne transmission of pollutants is a significant concern in urban areas, especially since the recent pandemic. While previous studies have explored inter-room pollutant crossflow in highrise buildings and isolated scenarios, the ventilation chara... Read More about Inter-room pollutant transmission routes in naturally ventilated street canyon buildings.

Fluidised bed combustion and ash fusibility behaviour of coal and spent coffee grounds blends: CO and NOx emissions, combustion performance and agglomeration tendency (2022)
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Garcia, E., Mejía, M. F., & Liu, H. (2022). Fluidised bed combustion and ash fusibility behaviour of coal and spent coffee grounds blends: CO and NOx emissions, combustion performance and agglomeration tendency. Fuel, 326, Article 125008. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2022.125008

The co-combustion of coal and waste biomass is an advantageous option for combined waste biomass disposal and energy production. However, co-firing coal with waste biomass has to overcome various ash-related operational problems, for example, ash agg... Read More about Fluidised bed combustion and ash fusibility behaviour of coal and spent coffee grounds blends: CO and NOx emissions, combustion performance and agglomeration tendency.

The effectiveness of patch repairs to restore the impact properties of carbon-fibre reinforced-plastic composites (2022)
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Hall, Z., Liu, J., Brooks, R., Liu, H., Crocker, J., Joesbury, A., Harper, L., Blackman, B. R., Kinloch, A., & Dear, J. (2022). The effectiveness of patch repairs to restore the impact properties of carbon-fibre reinforced-plastic composites. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 270, Article 108570. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2022.108570

The present paper studies the low-velocity impact testing of carbon-fibre reinforced-plastic (CFRP) pristine and patch-repair CFRP panels. Firstly, the effect of repeated impacts on the pristine CFRP damage growth is considered at impact energies of... Read More about The effectiveness of patch repairs to restore the impact properties of carbon-fibre reinforced-plastic composites.

Ilmenite as alternative bed material for the combustion of coal and biomass blends in a fluidised bed combustor to improve combustion performance and reduce agglomeration tendency (2021)
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Garcia, E., & Liu, H. (2022). Ilmenite as alternative bed material for the combustion of coal and biomass blends in a fluidised bed combustor to improve combustion performance and reduce agglomeration tendency. Energy, 239, Article 121913. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2021.121913

Co-firing coal and biomass has the potential to reduce GHG emissions. However, high levels of alkali and alkaline metals in biomass ash can bring additional issues to the operation of coal-fired boilers. This study investigates the effects of ilmenit... Read More about Ilmenite as alternative bed material for the combustion of coal and biomass blends in a fluidised bed combustor to improve combustion performance and reduce agglomeration tendency.

Coupling the biochemical and thermochemical biorefinery platforms to enhance energy and product recovery from Agave tequilana bagasse (2021)
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Rios-Del Toro, E. E., Chi, H., González-Álvarez, V., Méndez-Acosta, H. O., Arreola-Vargas, J., & Liu, H. (2021). Coupling the biochemical and thermochemical biorefinery platforms to enhance energy and product recovery from Agave tequilana bagasse. Applied Energy, 299, Article 117293. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.117293

The tequila industry is one of the pillar industries in many regions of Mexico, bringing wealth and economic development to rural areas. However, appropriate disposal and management of the tequila manufacturing residues such as the Agave tequilana ba... Read More about Coupling the biochemical and thermochemical biorefinery platforms to enhance energy and product recovery from Agave tequilana bagasse.

Improvement of slagging monitoring and soot-blowing of waterwall in a 650MWe coal-fired utility boiler (2021)
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Xu, L., Huang, Y., Yue, J., Dong, L., Liu, L., Zha, J., …Liu, H. (2021). Improvement of slagging monitoring and soot-blowing of waterwall in a 650MWe coal-fired utility boiler. Journal of the Energy Institute, 96, 106-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joei.2021.02.006

Owing to the lack of direct measurement on the slagging extent of the waterwall, random or empirical soot-blowing strategies practiced in many power plants can result in untimely or excessive soot-blowing operations. In this research, a dynamic slagg... Read More about Improvement of slagging monitoring and soot-blowing of waterwall in a 650MWe coal-fired utility boiler.

Characterisation of the combustion behaviours of individual pulverised coal particles entrained by air using image processing techniques (2020)
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Qian, X., Li, F., Yan, Y., Lu, G., & Liu, H. (2021). Characterisation of the combustion behaviours of individual pulverised coal particles entrained by air using image processing techniques. Measurement Science and Technology, 32(3), Article 034005. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6501/abc2ea

The combustion characteristics of individual coal particles are the basis for a deep understanding of the macroscopic pulverised coal combustion in power plant boilers. This work proposes a quantitative method to characterise the combustion behaviour... Read More about Characterisation of the combustion behaviours of individual pulverised coal particles entrained by air using image processing techniques.

Experimental study of SO2 emissions and desulfurization of oxy-coal combustion in a 30 kWth pressurized fluidized bed combustor (2019)
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Pang, L., Shao, Y., Zhong, W., & Liu, H. (2020). Experimental study of SO2 emissions and desulfurization of oxy-coal combustion in a 30 kWth pressurized fluidized bed combustor. Fuel, 264, Article 116795. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2019.116795

Pressurized oxy-fuel combustion (POFC) has attracted wide attention due to its potentials of high efficiency and low cost in CO2 capture. Compared with numerical simulation and system analysis, there are few experimental studies about POFC. In order... Read More about Experimental study of SO2 emissions and desulfurization of oxy-coal combustion in a 30 kWth pressurized fluidized bed combustor.

Experimental study of NOx emissions in a 30 kWth pressurized oxy-coal fluidized bed combustor (2019)
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Pang, L., Shao, Y., Zhong, W., Gong, Z., & Liu, H. (2020). Experimental study of NOx emissions in a 30 kWth pressurized oxy-coal fluidized bed combustor. Energy, 194, Article 116756. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2019.116756

© 2019 As one of the most promising carbon capture technologies for coal-fired power plants, oxy-coal combustion has attracted wide interests during the last two decades. In comparison to atmospheric oxy-fuel combustion, pressurized oxy-fuel combusti... Read More about Experimental study of NOx emissions in a 30 kWth pressurized oxy-coal fluidized bed combustor.

Assessment of biomass energy potential for SRC willow woodchips in a pilot scale bubbling fluidized bed gasifier (2019)
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Ul Hai, I., Sher, F., Yaqoob, A., & Liu, H. (2019). Assessment of biomass energy potential for SRC willow woodchips in a pilot scale bubbling fluidized bed gasifier. Fuel, 258, Article 116143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2019.116143

The current study investigates the short rotation coppice (SRC) gasification in a bubbling fluidized bed gasifier (BFBG) with air as gasifying medium. The thermochemical processes during combustion were studied to get better control over the air gasi... Read More about Assessment of biomass energy potential for SRC willow woodchips in a pilot scale bubbling fluidized bed gasifier.

Experimental investigation of tar arresting techniques and their evaluation for product syngas cleaning from bubbling fluidized bed gasifier (2019)
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Hai, I. U., Sher, F., Zarren, G., & Liu, H. (2019). Experimental investigation of tar arresting techniques and their evaluation for product syngas cleaning from bubbling fluidized bed gasifier. Journal of Cleaner Production, 240, Article 118239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.118239

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd Hazardous waste products along with the syngas produced from biomass gasification are one of the major problems of today world. Tar and other solid contaminants removal from syngas are necessary as it is widely used for the produc... Read More about Experimental investigation of tar arresting techniques and their evaluation for product syngas cleaning from bubbling fluidized bed gasifier.

Investigation of elemental mercury removal from coal-fired flue gas over MIL101-Cr (2019)
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Dong, L., Huang, Y., Liu, L., Liu, C., Xu, L., Zha, J., …Liu, H. (2019). Investigation of elemental mercury removal from coal-fired flue gas over MIL101-Cr. Energy and Fuels, 33(9), 8864-8875. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.9b01355

In this work, the MIL101-Cr sorbent with a large BET surface area was prepared and used to remove Hg0 from the simulated coal-fired boiler flue gas. The chemical and physical properties of the prepared sorbent were characterized by X-ray diffraction... Read More about Investigation of elemental mercury removal from coal-fired flue gas over MIL101-Cr.

Magnetic γ-Fe2O3-Loaded Attapulgite Sorbent for Hg0 Removal in Coal-Fired Flue Gas (2019)
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Dong, L., Huang, Y., Chen, H., Liu, L., Liu, C., Xu, L., …Liu, H. (2019). Magnetic γ-Fe2O3-Loaded Attapulgite Sorbent for Hg0 Removal in Coal-Fired Flue Gas. Energy and Fuels, 33(8), 7522-7533. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.9b01136

A magnetically recoverable composite mercury removal sorbent was produced by introducing magnetic γ-Fe2O3 into attapulgite (ATT) (xFe1ATT) via the co-precipitation method and used to remove Hg0 in the simulated coal-fired power plant flue gas. The as... Read More about Magnetic γ-Fe2O3-Loaded Attapulgite Sorbent for Hg0 Removal in Coal-Fired Flue Gas.

Development of a 1000 W organic Rankine cycle micro-turbine-generator using polymeric structural materials and its performance test with compressed air (2019)
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Hernandez-Carrillo, I., Wood, C., & Liu, H. (2019). Development of a 1000 W organic Rankine cycle micro-turbine-generator using polymeric structural materials and its performance test with compressed air. Energy Conversion and Management, 190, 105-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2019.03.092

This paper presents the experimental advances on the implementation of structural polymeric materials in a micro-turbine-generator for an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) and through testing provides an insight of its performance. The aim is to create awa... Read More about Development of a 1000 W organic Rankine cycle micro-turbine-generator using polymeric structural materials and its performance test with compressed air.

Mechanisms of Toluene Removal in Relation to the Main Components of Biosyngas in a Catalytic Nonthermal Plasma Process (2019)
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Xu, B., Xie, J., Yin, X., Liu, H., Sun, C., & Wu, C. (2019). Mechanisms of Toluene Removal in Relation to the Main Components of Biosyngas in a Catalytic Nonthermal Plasma Process. Energy and Fuels, 33(5), 4287-4301. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.9b00273

In this study, a packed-bed dielectric barrier discharge reactor was built for the removal of biomass gasification tar. Two kinds of packing materials, glass pellets and a Ni/γ-Al2O3 catalyst, were employed for the plasma-alone process and the plasma... Read More about Mechanisms of Toluene Removal in Relation to the Main Components of Biosyngas in a Catalytic Nonthermal Plasma Process.

An experimental investigation of oxy-coal combustion in a 15 kWth pressurized fluidized bed combustor (2018)
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Pang, L., Shao, Y., Zhong, W., Liu, H., & Jiang, P. (2018). An experimental investigation of oxy-coal combustion in a 15 kWth pressurized fluidized bed combustor. Energy and Fuels, 33(3), 1694-1703. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.8b02654

Pressurized oxy-coal combustion is considered as a promising carbon capture technology due to its potential of high efficiency and low cost in CO2 capture. However, experimental investigations of oxy-coal combustion under pressurized conditions are f... Read More about An experimental investigation of oxy-coal combustion in a 15 kWth pressurized fluidized bed combustor.

Experimental investigation on the coal combustion in a pressurized fluidized bed (2018)
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Pang, L., Shao, Y., Zhong, W., & Liu, H. (2018). Experimental investigation on the coal combustion in a pressurized fluidized bed. Energy, 165(B), 1119-1128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2018.09.198

Pressurized oxy-coal combustion is considered as one of the most promising carbon capture technologies in terms of high carbon capture efficiency and low cost. However, practical operational experience with pressurized coal combustion in a fluidized... Read More about Experimental investigation on the coal combustion in a pressurized fluidized bed.

Removal of toluene as a biomass tar surrogate in a catalytic nonthermal plasma process (2018)
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Xu, B., Xie, J., Zhan, H., Yin, X., Wu, C., & Liu, H. (2018). Removal of toluene as a biomass tar surrogate in a catalytic nonthermal plasma process. Energy and Fuels, 32(10), 10709-10719. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.8b02444

In this study, a packed-bed dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) reactor was developed to investigate the removal of biomass tar in a fuel gas atmosphere. Toluene was used as the tar surrogate, and the catalyst used was a Nickel-based catalyst (Ni/γ-Al... Read More about Removal of toluene as a biomass tar surrogate in a catalytic nonthermal plasma process.